Table No. XCVI., OCCUPATIONS of CHINESE and POLYNESIANS according to the CENSUS of 1881, arranged in the ORDER of the NUMBER of PERSONS engaged in each OCCUPATION, also the NUMBER of EACH SEX so engaged.
|
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
| CHINESE. |
|
|
|
| Miners for gold |
5,525 |
5,525 |
|
| Farmers and market gardeners |
1,145 |
1,144 |
1 |
| Attendance, persons engaged in |
540 |
537 |
3 |
| Station servant, not domestic |
540 |
540 |
|
| Miners for tin |
497 |
497 |
|
| Occupation unspecified |
492 |
492 |
|
| Other general dealers |
396 |
394 |
2 |
| Gardener (not domestic servant) |
336 |
336 |
|
| Agricultural labourers |
298 |
298 |
|
| Labourers, branch of industry unspecified |
248 |
248 |
|
| In animal food, dealing in |
154 |
154 |
|
| Carrier on roads |
140 |
140 |
|
| Engaged about animals |
105 |
105 |
|
| Mercantile persons |
93 |
93 |
|
| In vegetable food, dealing in |
81 |
81 |
|
| Board and lodging, engaged in |
89 |
89 |
|
| Engaged in storage |
71 |
71 |
|
| In vegetable matters, working and dealing in |
60 |
60 |
|
| Carriers, seas and rivers |
49 |
49 |
|
| Persons supported by funds, voluntary or from revenue |
39 |
39 |
|
| Houses and buildings, working in |
36 |
36 |
|
| Furniture, dealing in |
31 |
31 |
|
| Drinks and stimulants, dealing in |
30 |
29 |
1 |
| Persons of no occupation |
30 |
30 |
|
| Dress, working and dealing in |
28 |
28 |
|
| Metals, other than gold or silver, working and dealing in |
28 |
28 |
|
| Criminals |
24 |
24 |
|
| Medicine |
24 |
24 |
|
| Water, working and dealing in |
10 |
10 |
|
| Others connected with grazing |
12 |
12 |
|
| Wives, widow, &c. |
12 |
|
12 |
| Miners for coal |
9 |
9 |
|
| Persons, occupations indefinite |
8 |
8 |
|
| Others connected with agriculture |
8 |
8 |
|
| Divinity |
7 |
7 |
|
| Engaged in land, not in cultivating or grazing |
6 |
6 |
|
| Stone, clay, earthenware, &c., working and dealing in |
5 |
5 |
|
| Carving and figures, working and dealing in |
2 |
2 |
|
| Carriages, harness, and implements, dealing in |
2 |
2 |
|
| Gold, silver, and precious stones, dealing in |
2 |
2 |
|
| Literature |
2 |
2 |
|
| Messengers, porters, &c. |
2 |
2 |
|
| Child or scholar at home |
2 |
|
2 |
| Scholar at State school |
2 |
1 |
1 |
| Sons, daughters, relatives, &c. |
2 |
1 |
1 |
| Sugar growers and coffee planters |
2 |
2 |
|
| Animal matters, working and dealing in |
1 |
1 |
|
| Arms, working and dealing in |
1 |
1 |
|
| Chemicals, dealing in (not chemists) |
1 |
1 |
|
| Designs, medals, and dies, working and dealing in |
1 |
1 |
|
| Squatter or grazier |
1 |
1 |
|
| Total Chinese. |
11,229 |
11,206 |
23 |
| POLYNESIANS. |
|
|
|
| Agricultural labourers |
5,067 |
4,856 |
211 |
| Persons engaged in attendance |
413 |
264 |
149 |
| Station servants, not domestic |
286 |
283 |
3 |
| Carriers on seas and rivers |
262 |
262 |
|
| Labourers, branch of industry unspecified |
94 |
93 |
1 |
| Engaged about animals |
72 |
72 |
|
| In vegetable matters, working and dealing in |
56 |
56 |
|
| In animal food, dealing in |
12 |
12 |
|
| Engaged in land, not in cultivating or grazing |
11 |
11 |
|
| Criminals |
9 |
9 |
|
| Persons supported by funds, voluntary or from revenue |
9 |
9 |
|
| Gardeners, not domestic servants |
8 |
8 |
|
| Wives, widows, &c. |
8 |
|
8 |
| Storage, engaged in |
6 |
6 |
|
| Carriers on roads |
5 |
5 |
|
| Stone, clay, earthenware, &c., working and dealing in |
5 |
5 |
|
| Animal matters, working and dealing in |
4 |
4 |
|
| Persons of no occupation |
4 |
4 |
|
| Child or scholar at home |
4 |
3 |
1 |
| Drinks and stimulants, dealing in |
3 |
3 |
|
| Persons, occupations indefinite |
2 |
2 |
|
| Divinity |
1 |
1 |
|
| Exhibitions, engaged in |
1 |
1 |
|
| Houses and buildings, working in |
1 |
1 |
|
| Metals, other than gold or silver, working and dealing in |
1 |
1 |
|
| Miners for gold |
1 |
1 |
|
| Miners for tin |
1 |
1 |
|
| Others connected with grazing |
1 |
1 |
|
| Other general dealers |
1 |
1 |
|
| Total Polynesians |
6,348 |
5,975 |
373 |